Legal Assistant Grants
Current• Administer the AFT Militancy/Defense Fund by logging and reviewing all applications, preparing related files, handling correspondence and inquiries from applicants, providing materials to defense committee members and scheduling and preparing for quarterly defense committee meetings.• Process approved payments and prepares reports of defense grants for the committee, as well as for approval by the executive council.• Process expenses, prepare vouchers, process department credit card… Show more • Administer the AFT Militancy/Defense Fund by logging and reviewing all applications, preparing related files, handling correspondence and inquiries from applicants, providing materials to defense committee members and scheduling and preparing for quarterly defense committee meetings.• Process approved payments and prepares reports of defense grants for the committee, as well as for approval by the executive council.• Process expenses, prepare vouchers, process department credit card statements and track departmental expenditures, ensuring approved budget parameters are maintained.• Assist with preparation for the AFT Lawyers Conference, including conference registration, requests for travel, accommodations and meeting space and bill processing.• Provide litigation support to the attorneys as necessary, including tracking deadlines, preparing documents and assisting in the filing of documents electronically which involves preparing documents for scanning and proofreading, formatting and converting documents.• Create and maintain files for litigation or other legal actions in specified format and maintain calendar to track deadlines.• Assist with the overall maintenance and organization of the department's legal files.• Answer telephone, take messages or forward calls and/or respond to requests for materials or information.• Open and distribute mail, set up conference calls, schedule appointments and make travel arrangements. Show less